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APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) closed the day trading at $24.69 up 1.44% from the previous closing price of $24.34. In other words, the price has increased by $1.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.6 million shares were traded. APA stock price reached its highest trading level at $25.802 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.3.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of APA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 82.56 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.63. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.80. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.79 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.73.
On August 05, 2025, Stephens started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and target price of $24.
Raymond James Downgraded its Strong Buy to Outperform on March 10, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $45 to $32.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 03 ’25 when Joung Chansoo bought 75,000 shares for $18.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,368,615 led to the insider holds 140,285 shares of the business.
Ellis Juliet S bought 4,391 shares of APA for $100,027 on Dec 12 ’24. The Director now owns 12,436 shares after completing the transaction at $22.78 per share. On Oct 28 ’24, another insider, LANNIE P ANTHONY, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 89,501 shares for $23.97 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, APA now has a Market Capitalization of 8833747968 and an Enterprise Value of 14388747264. As of this moment, APA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.28, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.88 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.468 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.459.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for APA is 1.17, which has changed by 0.00940311 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1529237 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, APA has reached a high of $27.48, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 15.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 22.00%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, APA traded about 6.97M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, APA traded about 8384860 shares per day. A total of 358.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 351.85M. Insiders hold about 1.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.69% stake in the company. Shares short for APA as of 1757894400 were 39169502 with a Short Ratio of 5.62, compared to 1755216000 on 45177040. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 39169502 and a Short% of Float of 12.479999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
APA’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.00, up from 1.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.041084632. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.44. . The current Payout Ratio is 43.91% for APA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-01-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 19.0 analysts analyze and rate . The current performance of APA Corporation (APA) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.76, with high estimates of $1.11 and low estimates of $0.38.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.24 and $2.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.41. EPS for the following year is $3.03, with 25.0 analysts recommending between $6.41 and $1.56.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $2.06B in revenue for . The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.26B to a low estimate of $1.86B. As of . The current estimate, APA Corporation’s year-ago sales were $2.53BFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.03B. There is a high estimate of $2.26B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.94B.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for APA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.75B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $7.84B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.04B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.74BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $8.1B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.03B and the low estimate is $7.43B.
